2 Chronicles 29 · Verse 23

2 Chronicles 29:23

And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:
2 Chronicles 29:23, King James Version

2 Chronicles 29:23 in other translations

BSBThen they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, who laid their hands on them.
WEBThey brought near the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands on them.
ASVAnd they brought near the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands upon them:
YLTand they bring nigh the he-goats of the sin-offering before the king and the assembly, and they lay their hands upon them;
DARBYAnd they brought near the he-goats of the sin-offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them.
BBEThen they took the he-goats for the sin-offering, placing them before the king and the meeting of the people, and they put their hands on them:
WebsterAnd they brought forth the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:

What does 2 Chronicles 29:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 29:20-30

20-30. Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city--His anxiety to enter upon the expiatory service with all possible despatch, now that the temple had been properly prepared for it, prevented his summoning all the representatives of Israel. The requisite number of victims having been provided, and the officers of the temple having sanctified themselves according to the directions of the…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 23 They laid their hands upon them - That is, they confessed their sin; and as they had by their transgression forfeited their lives, they now offer these animals to die as vicarious offerings, their life being taken for the life of their owners.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 29:20-36

As soon as Hezekiah heard that the temple was ready, he lost no time. Atonement must be made for the sins of the last reign. It was not enough to lament and forsake those sins; they brought a sin-offering. Our repentance and reformation will not obtain pardon but in and through Christ, who was made sin, that is, a sin-offering for us. While the offerings were on the altar, the Levites sang. Sorrow for sin must not…

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2 Chronicles 29:23 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּגִּ֙ישׁוּ֙vai.ya.Gi.shuand they brought nearH5066
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שְׂעִירֵ֣יse.'i.Rei[the] goats ofH8163
הַֽחַטָּ֔אתha.cha.Tatthe sin offeringH2403
לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
וְהַקָּהָ֑לve.ha.ka.Haland the assemblyH6951
וַיִּסְמְכ֥וּvai.yis.me.Khuand they laidH5564
יְדֵיהֶ֖םye.dei.Hemhands theirH3027
עֲלֵיהֶֽם\׃'a.lei.Hemon themH5921

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 29:23

  • Leviticus 4:15

    And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the Lord: and the bullock shall be killed before the Lord.

  • Leviticus 4:24

    And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the Lord: it is a sin offering.

  • Leviticus 1:4

    And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
forth. Heb. near. they laid.
Le 1:4; 4:15,24

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 29:22

    So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.

  • 2 Chronicles 29:23

    And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:

  • 2 Chronicles 29:24

    And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.

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2 Chronicles 29:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Hicieron después llegar los machos cabríos de la expiación delante del rey y de la multitud, y pusieron sobre ellos sus manos:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et ils firent approcher les boucs du sacrifice pour le péché, devant le roi et la congrégation, et ils posèrent leurs mains sur eux;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie brachten die Böcke des Sündopfers herzu vor den König und die Versammlung, und sie legten ihre Hände auf dieselben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Applicuerunt hircos pro peccato coram rege, et universa multitudine, imposueruntque manus suas super eos: